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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "JEWEL TAYLOR" <freshtown1@netscape.net> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1990 06:05:09 -0800
Subject: HAVE MERCY
Dear Sir/Madam,
With all sincerity and humility it is with deep pains
i write you this message
of wishful assistance to my predicament.
I am MRS. JEWEL TAYLOR the enstranged wife to the
former president of Liberia
who was asked by unanimous decision by the
international community to step down
from the corridors of power due to his illicit
involvement in the in-humane
tyranny in the war torn country.
I write you this mail under duress and as a result of
my recent decision to
better the lives of i and my children.
I have made a decision which i know might not be good
in the sight of man but the present
situation has led me to this decision to better the
lives of my children.
Currently now i have decided to make do with the sum
of $4.2 ( Four Million Two Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars)belonging to my husband,unknown
to him i have decided to relocate
with your assistance to your private account the said
sum.
My decision was reached when i could not conceive the
thought that after the United States
Government has promised to let my husband go free
based on the condition that he should step down
MR.Collin Powell stated in a press briefing that he
would be indicted by the hauge court in Netherlands
to face charges on war crimes,this is what led to my
decision as God Knows that i was never in support
of his involvement in the indecent killings of
innocent people.
This decision is hard for me to make but i just have
to make it for the sake of my childrens future.
Currently the said sum was lodged in a safety deposit
box in a financial Institution which i will disclose
to you
as a matter of commitment to me and this plea for
assistance.
I currently have the deposit certificate and can draw
up a change of beneficiary mandate to effect you as
the
beneficiary to the funds.
I am a trained economist by profession and it is in
this line that i will want you to take note that your
services for
assisting me will be compensated to the best of my
ability.
I have this to look forward to so i would like you to
keep this project close to your heart just as myself
pending
when we reach the conclusive end of this project.
I will want you as a matter of confidentiality to
respond through this mail and also include your
telephone number as well
so that i can give you a call if the need arises as we
are currently on political asylum now in Nigeria.
Once i get your confirmation that you can be of
assistance i will bring you into a clearer picture of
the situation at hand.
I look forward to your response with great hope of
assistance from your good self.
I remain Yours Truly,
MRS JEWEL TAYLOR
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